The Moonshiner's Chick Chat

[JacinLarkwell]

It goes away by the time they get adult feathers but it's cool in the juveniles.

Don't the adults still have a bit of pattern though? Or do they go completely solid?

 

[The Moonshiner]

I've only got 2 or 3 muscovy that are actually solid. Mine have varies amounts of white so those will be black with white as adults. None of that barred pattern will remain.
A couple of my grown ones were barred but I can't pick them out. I think I've hatched 7 like those and 1 lavender one this year. I need to band them.
I'll look for one of the older ones in a day or two and show you how little they have left and they're not grown yet.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Update on two of my sexlink males, half siblings.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

@The Moonshiner , does he look like he's growing in like a brown leghorn male? I can't tell if his dad was my isabel male I lost or my pheonix rooster got in a lucky shot. The mother was my brown leghorn

I suppose it doesn't exactly matter, just would be neat to know if he's Hamilton's son or not

 

[Chookwagn]

@The Moonshiner , does he look like he's growing in like a brown leghorn male? I can't tell if his dad was my isabel male I lost or my pheonix rooster got in a lucky shot. The mother was my brown leghorn
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I suppose it doesn't exactly matter, just would be neat to know if he's Hamilton's son or not

Looks quite like brown leghorn coloring to me

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Looks quite like brown leghorn coloring to me

Brown leghorns are different than gold duckwing, right? Thats what the pheonix is supposed to be, but he throws so many dang things he shouldn't that I just can't tell with this little guy. All I know is he's got mama's comb and flightiness

 

[Chookwagn]

Brown leghorns are different than gold duckwing, right? Thats what the pheonix is supposed to be, but he throws so many dang things he shouldn't that I just can't tell with this little guy. All I know is he's got mama's comb and flightiness

I thought brown leghorn was gold duckwing.....

@The Moonshiner what say you?

 

[The Moonshiner]

Brown leghorns are gold duckwing

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Brown leghorns are gold duckwing

I thought brown leghorn was gold duckwing.....

@The Moonshiner what say you?

Crap, So I won't ever know unless I breed him to a lavender and get some lavender babies?

 

[Chookwagn]

Crap, So I won't ever know unless I breed him to a lavender and get some lavender babies?

Does that mean you have to get lavender birds ..... bother